Kenya Election Violence Continues as another 50 Die in Church Fire

The violence that has erupted in Kenya following the election of President Mwai Kibaki to a second term has claimed at least another 50 lives after a mob torched a church that was sheltering Kenyans looking to escape the chaos.

Shortly after Kibaki won a controversial vote over opposition leader Raila Odinga protesters took to the streets in Nairobi and surrounding cities, setting fires and overturning cars, demanding justice for what they called a fraudulent election.

Since Sunday’s announcement that Kibaki won the country’s closest election ever more than 260 people have died and countless have been injured. Many of those killed have come at the hands of police and military who have been said to have the authority to use as much force as necessary to quell the crowds.

Tuesday’s church fire did not involve the police but rather an angry mob who targeted the building in Eldoret, about 185 miles from Nairobi.

The violence thus far may only be a sign of what’s to come as Odinga has already called on more than one million protesters to march on Thursday. That march has been outlawed by Kibaki but Odinga has said it will proceed.

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